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Ali, Z., Green, R., Zougmoré, R.B., Mkuhlani, S., Palazzo, A. , Prentice, A.M., Haines, A., Dangour, A.D., & Scheelbeek, P.F.D. (2020). Long-term impact of West African food system responses to COVID-19. Nature Food 1 768-770. 10.1038/s43016-020-00191-8.

Andrijevic, M., Schleussner, C.-F., Gidden, M. , McCollum, D., & Rogelj, J. (2020). COVID-19 recovery funds dwarf clean energy investment needs. Science 370 (6514) 298-300. 10.1126/science.abc9697.

Kuzemko, C., Bradshaw, M., Bridge, G., Goldthau, A., Jewell, J. , Overland, I., Scholten, D., Van de Graaf, T., & Westphal, K. (2020). Covid-19 and the politics of sustainable energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science 68 e101685. 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101685.

Miosio, M., van Soest, H., Forsell, N., Nascimento, L., de Vivero, G., Gonzales-Zuñiga, S., Hans, F., Lui, S., Schiefer, T., Mooldijk, S., Höhne, N., Batka, M. , Dafnomilis, I., den Elzen, M., & Kuramochi, T. (2020). Overview of recently adopted mitigation policies and climate-relevant policy responses to COVID-19 – 2020 Update. NewClimate Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Sjödin, H., Johansson, A.F., Brännström, Å., Farooq, Z., Kriit, H.K., Wilder-Smith, A., Åström, C., Thunberg, J., Söderquist, M., & Rocklöv, J. (2020). COVID-19 healthcare demand and mortality in Sweden in response to non-pharmaceutical mitigation and suppression scenarios. International Journal of Epidemiology 10.1093/ije/dyaa121.

Caulkins, J.P., Grass, D., Feichtinger, G., Hartl, R.F., Kort, P.M., Prskawetz, A., Seidl, A., & Wrzaczek, S. (2020). The optimal lockdown intensity for COVID-19. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-20-015